Motor control.



NO- 876,993. PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908. K. A. PAULY.

MOTOR CONTROL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1907.

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KARL A. PAULY, OF SGHENECTADY,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Moron con'rnon.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan/21, 1908,

Application filed May 18, 1907.. Serial 1T0. 874.422.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL A. PAULY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, county of Schenectady, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor Control, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the automatic control of electric motors, and particularly to electric motors for operating rolling mills.

Owing to the great and sudden variations of load to which motors are subjected in driving rolling mills, such motorshave been provided heretofore with fly-wheels to enable the motor to meet the sudden load demands without the excessive variations in current which would otherwise occur; and, in order slightly and allow the energy required for handling the moproduct.

down to t to. cause the ily-whe'el to act efiectively, means have been provided'for cutting resistance into the motor-circuit when the motor current increasedabove a certain limit, so as to cause the mdtor to reduce its speed the fly-wheel to give up mentary overload. When an induction motor is employed, the resistance is placed in thesecondary circuit of the rotor;

It is sometimes desirable to operate. a roll- .ing mill at a reduced speed,thatis, at a speed considerably less than that at which the motor would drive the mill when running idle; or, in the case of an induction motor, at a speed considerably less than synehronism.

This may be accomplished by the insertion of resistance in the motor circuit, but if the devices actuated by the motor-current. are depended on for'this resistance, then when no steel is in the rollsthe motor-speed will tend torise and this would be objectionable, since the speed at which the steel enters the roll materially affects the ualit V of the On the other han if the resistance were inserted permanently in the motorcircuit, the speed regulation would be im-. paired, or in other words, the-.motor would not be able to carry its full load without an excessive drop in s eed, since the resistance must be high enoug to keep the motor speed e desired. value when carrying onl the-friction load of the mill.

' T he'objcct of my invention-is so to arrange the motor that it may be operated. at a reduced speed without either of the disadvantages pointed out above, and consists in providing, in addition. to the resistanceis suddenly increased, and, owing controlled by the motor-current, a second resistance controlled by the motor-speed. This resistance is cut in automatically, when the motor-speed tends to rise above a certain amount, so as to keep the motor speed nearly constant, and-is cut out automatically when the load comes on, so that the speed regulation under load is not affected. By

the cooperation of the currentcontrolled resistances and speed-controlled resistance,

the speed of the motor is kept nearly constant, while at the same time the full beneiits of the fly-wheel are secured.

My invention will best be reference to the accompan 'ng drawing, which shows diagrammatica y a motor arranged in accordance with my invention.

In the drawing, A represents an induction motor, the primary of which is supplied from the three-phase mains B The secondary or rotor of the motor is connected through collector-rings C to two sets of regulating resistances D Dand D D. i

F F represent series transformers supplying relays G G, which control the resistances D D. The resistances D are conunderstood by trolled by relays H H, which are supplied from any suitable source of current, such as' the shunt transformer I, and are controlled by a switch J, which is actuated by a centriiugal governor K and arranged to include variable portions of a resistanceL in circuit with the relays H H. v The several parts are shown in the positions occupied when the motor has been running idle for some time. The centrifugal governor K has moved the switch J, so as to cut out all resistance L from the -circuit, so

that relays H H are fully energized, and resistances D D are in circuit. These resistances are high enough to hold the motor at the desired s eed under the friction load of V the rolling null. The motor-current is small,

since the motor is running idle) and the relays G G are. consequently insufiiciently energized to open their contacts and resistances D D are short-circuited. Now, if a piece or" steel enters the rolls, the load on the motor to the presence of the resistances D in the rotor-circuit, the s eed of the motor drops; thereby causing t e switch J to be moved toward the right by the centrifugalgovernor, so as to reduce the current flowing through the relays H H by cutting resistance L into circuit.

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The relays are arran ed to drop their contacts consecutively, eit er by providing them with difierent numbers of turns, as shown in the drawing, or by otherwise ar- Consequently, resistances D D are short-circuited step-by-step. The increase of current, due to the short-circuiting of resistance D and theentry of the steel into the rolls, increases the motor-current, and when the current rises above a certain amount, a portion or all -of the relays G are sufiiciently energized to raise their contacts; thereby inserting resist- I ances D D inthe secondary circuit of the motor. The relays G G are also arranged to respond consecutively, so that the resistances D D are cut into circuit step-by-step. The slight reduction of speed caused by cutting resistances D D into circuit causes the fly- 20 wheel to give up a portion of its energy and to assist in carryin the load. As the steel passes out of the ro ls, the relays G G again close theircontacts, short-circuiting resistances D D, and enabling the motor to store up more energy in'the fly-wheel. But as soon as the motor speed reaches a predetermined amount the centrifugal governor K begins to move the switch J toward the left, so as to cut resistance out of circuit, and gradually to increase the energization of the relays H, so as to cut resistances D D into circuit again and to prevent a tturther risein speed. I

It will be understood that l have illustrated my invention diagrammatically, and that in practice any well-known arrangement of the automatic controlling means may be employed.

I do not desire to limit myself to the par- *40 ticular. construction and arrangement of parts here shown, but aim in the a ended claims to cover all modifications w ch are within the scope of my invention.

. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,- I 1 In combination with an electric motor, ispeed-controlling means for the motor controlled by the motor speed, and speed-controlling means for the motor controlled by the motor current. 1;

2., In combination with an electric'motor, a fly-wheel driven thereby, speed-controlling means for the motor controlled by the motor controlled by-said governor, a device responsive tovariations 1n the primary current of erases ally-wheel driven thereby, a centrifugal governor driven by'the motor, a resistance in circuit with the motor controlled by-said gov= ernor, a device responsive to variations in I the motor current, and a resistance in circuit with the motor controlled by said device.

5. in combination with an induction motor, means controlled by the motor speed I for varying the resistance in the secondary circuit of said "motor, and means controlled by the motor current for varying the resistance in said circuit. 7

6. in combination with an induction motor, a fly-wheel driven thereby, means controlled by the motor speed for varyin the resistance of the seconda circuit of sai motor, and means controlle d by the motor current for varying the resistance of said circuit.

7. In combination with an induction motor, a centrifugal governor driven thereby, a resistance in the secondary circuit of the motor controlled by said governor, a device responsive to variations in the pricurrent of said otor, and a resistance in t e secondary circuit of said motor controlled by said device. a

i '8. In combination with an induction motor, a fiy-wheel driven thereby, a centrifu gal governor driven by the motor, a resistance in the secondary circuit of the motor the motor, and a. resistance in the secondary circuit of the motor controlled by said device. j V

v In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th -dayoillllay, 1907.

, KARL a. PAULY.

. Witnesses:

' BENJAMIN BLHULL,

HELEN Onronn. 

